In its first 100 days, the Trump administration has sought to put its mark on various parts of the nation's cultural sector, the Kennedy Center, funding for federal arts agencies, and more.

One focus, how American history is told and presented in museums and public monuments, and that has roiled many in the academic and art worlds.

Senior art correspondent Jeffrey Brown has a look for our series, Art in Action,

exploring the intersection of art and democracy and as part of our canvas coverage.

Our nation is witnessing a merciless campaign to wipe out our history,

to fame our heroes, erase our values, and

indoctrinate our children.

July 4th, 2020, Donald Trump at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.

A fiery response to protests following the murder of George Floyd, as monuments were defaced

and torn down

amid a renewed reckoning with the uglier sides of American history.

The president pointed to a, quote, radical ideology attacking our country and vowed action.

Today we will set history and history's records straight.

Now that is beginning to take shape.

An early target of his second term, the Smithsonian Institution, the world's largest museum,

education and research complex.

A recent executive order titled Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History accused the Smithsonian

of promoting, quote, narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful

and oppressive.

The order points to a revisionist movement in America, undermining the remarkable achievements

of the United States by casting its founding principles and historical

milestones in a negative light.

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